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Magnetic Film Recording (1953)

The Hallen Corp magnetic film-recorder circa 1953.  A bargain at $13,000! (adjusted for inflation) The Stancil-Hoffman magnetic-film recorder circa 1953.…

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1975: Record Yourself

I think I will, thanks...

13 years ago

Turn your turntable into a tape machine! (1952)

From the pages of AUDIO ENGINEERING, '52: the Presto TL-10. Next in this series: Turn your tape machine into a…

13 years ago

Speak-o-phone: Turn your PA amp into a record-cutter! (1940)

Records on Acetate or Aluminum discs!  Click here for more info on this early recording service/hardware manufacturer.  

13 years ago

Popular Science: Basic Radio Techniques c. 1946

Nothing too notable in this book; just love the cover graphic.

13 years ago

1943: A Dictionary of Radio Terms

From "A Dictionary of Radio Terms," published by the Allied Radio Corp., 1943.

13 years ago

1940: Radioman Romance

Was electronics repair ever a 'sexy' profession?  "RADIO NEWS" March 1940 seems to make this case.  Wishful thinking, I imagine...…

13 years ago

Magnecord INC archival factory-film now available online

Thanks to H. Layer: A never-before-available Magnecord, INC factory-film circ 1955 (???) is now available on YouTube.  These are the…

13 years ago

Beyond Four Tracks

Sansui six-track cassette format c. 1989 Otari Compact 8-track 1/2" format c. 1989.   Also, SECK mixer. Toa 8-track cassette format…

13 years ago

Ladies and Gentlemen of 1989 (pop music division)

Cyborg chick with some sort of midi-synchonizer I play the keyboards (for Bon Jovi) (pointy guitars are) impossible to (avoid)…

13 years ago